CMLL Leyendas Mexicanas (2017)
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
| Date | November 17, 2017 | ||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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Leyendas Mexicanas (2017) was a professional wrestling super card show that was held on November 17, 2017 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. . The show will be produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The show celebrated the history of lucha libre in Mexico and saw the return of several wrestlers who had not worked for CMLL in a long time.
Four out of the six matches on the show featured non-CMLL wrestlers invited for the lucha libre celebration. In the main event, an all-legends match, Dos Caras, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., and Villano IV defeated El Canek and Los Hermanos Dinamitas (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000) by disqualification. On the undercard CMLL regular Negro Casas teamed up with legends Fuerza Guerrera and El Satánico to take on CMLL main stay Blue Panther and legends Mano Negra and Octagón. In the third match of the show El Solar and Súper Astro wrestled Black Terry and Virus and in the opening match Trio Fantasia (Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho, and Super Raton) defeated Los Diabolicos (El Gallego, Rocky Santana, and Romano Garcia).
Background
The Mexican wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) first held a show under the name Leyendas Mexicanas ("Mexican Legends") in November 2017,[1] The Leyendas Mexicanas shows feature various lucha libre "legends" and celebrates the history of CMLL.
While the name was not used until 2017 CMLL has often held shows featuring and honoring "legends" of Lucha Libre, especial for anniversary shows such as Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show,[2] Blue Panther 40th Anniversary Show,[3] Atlantis 35th Anniversary Show,[4] Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show[5] that all featured "legends" booked by CMLL for special appearances.
Storylines
The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers portray as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]
